Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-02
DAILY HERALD.
PAPA PERKINS. ,
He Comes To Grief Over a
Contract.
LOUISE PERKINS MOTHER.
Her Opinion About the Exactness
With Which Reporters
Give Accounts.

Some time in last April T. L. Per.
kins, father of Louise Perkins, of Per.
kins-Baldwin fame, signed contract
which act he has subsequently re-
gretted. According to his story Gard.
ner & Clark, real estate agents at "a
South Spring street, received informa-
tion some way that he owned forty
acres of land adjoining the Fulton
Wells property. They called at the
johnson Mansion" on New High
street which place Mr.. Perkins keeps,
and persistently persuaded Mr.. Per-
kins to place his property on the mar
ket. They told him that every one
was making 1000 per cent on invest
ments and they could see no reason
why he should hold his property
when if he were to sell it there would
be millions in it." In order to get
rid of them, Mr.. Perkins says,
he gave them a contract agreeing
to have the property divided into lots
and sold by the firm, they to receive a
percentage of all it brought over $1O,-
900. Since the signing OF the contract
Mr.. Perkins has laid awake nights
thinking how foolish he was for giving
anyone a hold upon him. Night after
night sleep became scarcer and when
he did doze he had horrible night
mares, wherein were pictured the
words "You lose money on the goods"
Finally patience ceased to be virtue
and yesterday morning when Mr.. Per-
kins arose he held council of war
with his wife. 1t was settled that the
pair should pay a social visit to the
Office of the enterprising although un-
suspecting firm of Gardner & Clark.
They accordingly did SO. Walking
into the office they found Gardner
seated at his desk. In front of him
lay the coveted contract. He also had
a gigantic piece of paper, ON which he
had drawn a birdseye view of the
Perkins estate divided into lots. On
the wall hung sign, reading " Secure
coupon for first choice" Mr.. Per-
kins became SO excited that he could
no longer control himself, and, with
the velocity of an eagle and the
strength of an elephant, he alighted
upon Mr.. Gariner's desk and seized
the contract. Before Gardner fully
realized what were trumps, he OBJ
served Perkins coat-tails disappearing
around corner. Gardner followed
and Officer Fletcher, who stands ON
the crossing at Spring and First streets
inviting teams to run over him, capt
ured Perkins. He escorted him to the
city prison, followed by his smiling
spouse and about two hundred people.
AT the prison no one appeared to know
what Perkins was there for, or what
charge to place against his name.
While the subject was being dis
cussed between Prison-keeper Morton
and Gardner, the contract was found
on the street, where Perkins had
thrown it after chewing it up. 1t was
finally decided that he should be
booked upon charge of malicious
and it was accordingly done.
Perkins gave $40 bail for his appear
ance in court this morning.
A HERALD reporter visited the
Johnson mansion shortly afterwards.
He found Mrs. Perkins in the hallway
wearing an unusually pleasant smile. |
When told that the visitor was a re-
porter her countenance suddenly dark |
ened and she drew herself up to her
full height.
MADAME" said the pencil pusher,
twill YOU kindly tell me something
about the trouble your husband had
this afternoon ?"
"a reporter! Heavens! Is it possi-
BILE. have nothing to say. Reporters
always misrepresent things. You
know am the mother of little Louise |
Perkins, and have had little ex-
perience. Ten thousand reporters
have called at our home during the
past year, and they always got things
"But, madam
"It's no use; l won't talk. It's
settled"
"But. madam" persisted the re-
porter, "Mr. Gardner says that your
husband signed a contract to give a
deed"
The idea! A deed!! Now I'll tell
you all about it. She said a deed?
Well l declare. 1t runs this way.
Gardner and Clark bothered Mr.. Perk-
ins 80 much that he gave them con-
tract, agreeing to sell his land. He
felt sorry for it that very night. OF
course he took the contract and tore it
up. 1t was his and mine. He owns
the land but you bet Ihave something
fr, uov about II Now Garduar and
CLARK will never get a cents worth if
we have to spend $4,000. Good bye,
young man, and see just for once if